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midlife crisis
noun
- a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
midlife crisis
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noun
- a crisis that may be experienced in middle age involving frustration, panic, and feelings of pointlessness, sometimes resulting in radical and often ill-advised changes of lifestyle
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of midlife crisis1
Example Sentences
Kate shares that this is their “victory tour,†not the midlife crisis vacation her husband thinks it is, but before they utter a line of dialogue, we can see the divisions.
How soon are the women on their “midlife crisis trip†going to turn on each other?
The chartthrob fixation, in 2020 and now, is just TikTok for people on the cusp of a midlife crisis: an obsession that seems harmless until you find yourself at the bottom of the rabbit hole somewhere around 3 a.m.
He says, in the punishment cell, he is getting “for free†the experience of staying silent, eating scant food and getting away from the outside world that “rich people suffering from a midlife crisis†pay for.
By pushing through a stretch of listless loneliness and embracing my fears, this midlife crisis ended up blooming into a midlife renaissance.
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